Five organ transplant surgeries performed successfully in a day at Global Health City first of its kind in South India
Chennai, 09th July 2014:
Setting yet another milestone in its journey, Global Health City, a
renowned multi super specialty quaternary care hospital boasts of five
successful organ transplants simultaneously in a day. All the five
surgeries were unique in nature and successful; an exciting moment for
the surgeons who performed the surgeries for the first time in South
India.
Details of the surgeries performed:
- Mr. Salim – Deceased Donor Liver Transplant surgery
- Dr. Abdul Shaheed – Living Donor Liver Transplant surgery
- Mr. Ashokan - Deceased Donor Renal Transplant surgery
- Mr. Rajesh – Deceased Donor Renal Transplant surgery
- Mr. Saravanan - Deceased Donor Liver Transplant surgery
Prof Dr. Mohamed Rela,
Director – Institute for Liver Disease & Transplantation said “it is
a logistical nightmare to do 5 transplants in 12 hours. I am happy to
say that despite its technical challenges all 5 patients are doing
extremely well. We manage to do a split liver transplant from a cadaver
donor for two adults. Normally, split livers are shared between one
adult and one child. However, the technique of sharing with two adults
is very complicated. This is the first time such a procedure has been
done in India and the East and is very rarely done in the western world”
at the press briefing.
He further added that “to do these five transplants
includes a lot more procedures. These include a cadaver donor multi
organ harvesting, ex-vivo splitting of the liver into two grafts, two
cadaver split liver transplants, two kidney transplants, one living
donor hepatectomy and living donor recipient liver transplant”
Dr. N. Sezhian, Senior Consultant
Department of Urology said “both the renal transplants nearly took 4 to 6
hours, and we had successfully completed the transplant surgeries with
our team of doctors. Organ donation awareness among the people of Tamil
Nadu had increased drastically”
Dr. V. Chandrasekaran, Senior
Consultant & HOD of Nephrology quoted
“FROM GRIEF, THERE COMES HOPE”. Demand for organs outweighs the
availability and supply. More awareness and willingness of the family to
donate organs will help in reducing the gap”.
Dr. Muthu Veeramani, HOD –Institute
of Urology quoted “This is a second transplant surgery for the patient;
it is almost like a second life to him. As per the government norms,
one kidney goes to the host (donor) and other to the common pool, to
save lives“.
The team of Surgeons / Physicians: The liver
transplant team led by Dr. Mohamed Rela, Dr.Venu, Dr. Gomathi, Dr.
Ratnavel, Dr. Anand, Dr. Srinivas Reddy, Dr.Manoj, Dr Ilankumaran Dr.
Akhila, Dr. Subramanian, Dr. Selva and the kidney transplant team
consisting of Dr. Muthu Veeramani, Dr.V.Chandrasekaran, Dr. Sezhian,
Dr. Kabilan, Dr.Muthukumar, Dr. Kishore, Dr.Subramanian, performed the
multi organ transplant surgeries simultaneously within a day
successfully.